Posted on 05/15/2026 8:53:09 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Israel is facing a mounting mental health crisis, with post-traumatic stress disorder rising sharply among soldiers and the broader mental health system under extraordinary strain with no end in sight.
A report released in February 2025 by Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman...revealed that...approximately 3 million adults in Israel have experienced anxiety, depression, and symptoms of PTSD...
The scale of the need has overwhelmed existing systems. According to Bishvilenu, more than 70,000 IDF soldiers are on the waiting list for the IDF Rehabilitation Department, including at least 9,539 diagnosed with PTSD...
The crisis has also brought a rise in suicide attempts. Reuters cited findings from an Israeli parliamentary committee showing that 279 IDF soldiers attempted suicide between January 2024 and July 2025, and that combat soldiers accounted for 78 percent of soldier suicide cases in 2024...
[Nomi] Weiss said the trauma of the current war has been compounded by public distrust in the government and by the exhaustion of a long conflict.
“People don’t really believe in the government. People don’t trust the people sending them to war,” she said. “Everyone is tired.”...
Using Technology for Togetherness
Bishvilenu is designed not to be a replacement for trauma professionals but rather as a piece of critical digital infrastructure connecting soldiers, families, and the NGOs already working with them.
The platform, Weiss said, can identify red flags during treatment or signal when soldiers need specific aftercare. “For soldiers and families, it gives them tools to assess themselves, help themselves, and regain a sense of agency over their own process.”
(Excerpt) Read more at algemeiner.com ...
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Israel Just Quadrupled Its PR Budget to $730 Million
Baltimore Jewish Times ^ | May 7, 2026 | Asaf Elia-Shalev | JTA
FR Posted on 5/13/2026, 8:29:11 AM by CondoleezzaProtege
Israel is betting nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars that it can talk its way out of a reputation crisis. Jerusalem approved a 2026 national budget at the end of March.
That includes roughly $730 million for public diplomacy — more than four times the $150 million they allocated the year before…
Most striking for a country long accustomed to bipartisan American support: 57% of Republicans under 50 hold negative views of Israel. Support has cratered among the religiously unaffiliated, Black Protestants and Catholics. Among American Jews, support has slipped below two-thirds...
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The Times of Israel diligently reported Debel was the Christian Lebanese village where an IDF soldier (shown) sledge-hammered Jesus on the Cross last month in a backyard shrine honoring Christ. The Times of Israel accompanied the story with the shocking anti-Christian image.
It’s not like any Freepers are ardent antisemites. /sar
It’s not like any Freepers are ardent antisemites. /sar
Guess you haven’t heard-———”truth is hate.”
They need to embrace Jesus and Jesus’s example on praising the Christian faith of the career soldier.
Spoken from one who calls Jewish believers in YESHUA vermin.
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